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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1939
Page
4
A brief postal matter notes Winchester Virginia reader submission stating the publication is mailed daily except Sundays by The Publishing Co. of Winchester.
Classifieds rate at 2 cents per word with 25 cent minimum and require cash. Memorials and Cards of Thanks priced at 10 cents per line. Display ads with border due by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. National advertising rep Tenney Ward and Company with offices in major cities.
The text asserts exclusive rights to AP dispatches and locally published news, stating the Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication all AP and non AP news in the paper and all local news herein.
Rates listed for print subscriptions include one year four dollars fifty eighty cents by mail and six months two dollars twenty five cents by mail three months one dollar thirty six cents by mail one month forty cents by mail and weekly eighteen cents by carrier or mail.
The brief fragment presents a dated religious quotation from Wednesday May 17 1939 featuring John 16:24 about asking in Jesus name to have joy full, in a devotional tone.
A plain rule of etiquette emphasizes kindness and mutual respect as the core of good manners. It cites Mrs. Roosevelt urging that what we would want others to do for us, we should do for them, applying to family life and broader international relations.
London reports Britain and France pledge defense of Poland and Rumania but Moscow shows Stalin plays for maximal gain. Dispatch says Soviet aims rely on what Stalin thinks benefits the USSR. Britain and France are portrayed as one sided to Moscow while Germany can advance toward the Ukraine without clashing with Britain.
The Marion Democrat notes the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester drawing over 50,000 visitors with Vice President Garner’s granddaughter crowned Queen Shenandoah XVI. It notes May 11–12 Bristol’s Dogwood Festival with Miss Helen Sue Trinkle as queen, plus early June Eastern Shore Potato Blossom Festival and Maynetes at colleges, and a nod to how ancient myths echo in modern celebrations with Trinkle crowned goddess queen of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee, assisted by Governors James Price and Prentice Cooper.
A quiz feature lists actors who died last year including Alma Tell Myrtle Stedman Rosa Mond Pinchot Matthew Betz and more. It also covers topics from aerial photography by Nadar to Yazoo City fire of 1904 and other trivia with names and figures.
A quiz asking about conscientious objectors statehood versus territory pronunciation of dynamo the first Admiral of the U S Navy Frank Strafici sport debt oath of citizenship voting rights in citizenship denial arithmetic quotient and capitals of Denmark and related topics.
A language tip explains avoid saying I arrived home without funds and suggests concise wording like without money. The note emphasizes precise but economical phrasing for clear writing.
W Nelson Page, Winchester postmaster who organized the first air mail flight on Air Mail Day May 19 asks local residents to mail letters. About 2,500 Civil War veterans from both sides will attend memorial rites at Gettysburg for the 75th anniversary of the battle. Ralph Embry wins The Star sectional Marble Tournament and will represent Virginia Avenue school in the finals.
A fire yesterday destroyed a frame building on North Loudoun Street once housing the R. T. McVicar Carriage Works. Britain appeals for global aid to end the Paraguay Bolivia war. Stephens City School honors include about 175 students on the five point list, led by Principal R. E. B. Aylor.
J. J. Newberry announces plans to open a ten cent store on 143 North Loudoun street in the early fall. The century old Virginia Classic of the Reformed Church holds its ninety first session in town. The Graf Zeppelin develops motor trouble over the ocean on a regular U S trip and returns home. Marshall W. Cooper, 75, dies at his home here.
Twenty five years ago M H Spotts, Stephens City oldest merchant, renews his business license with Commissioner J E Correll and will operate his South Main grocery. He will also officiate at the corner stone laying rites of the new Southern Methodist Church in Stephens City tomorrow. The brick West Water street residence of Mrs George Ward is sold to Mrs John Randolph Tucker and her daughter.
Forty years ago the Winchester colored Republican party meets at the Odd Fellows hall on East Clifford street. James A. Brown a local delegate to the National Red Men's Council is suspected of spying while in Washington and struggles to prove he is merely a plain individual to federal agents.
Lena fears Clark Martin lures Jim into a dangerous jump as Brighton brace for a safety net test on the bridge. The sensational plan echoes a Wetmore Colorado murder case, stirring old memories and threatening Jim’s chance to flee with Lena. Dinah and Mrs. Morriss watch, while Jim debates a bold act to clear his name.
The Texas Weekly argues that opening global trade, not more war, would help create a better ordered world. It cites President proposals to engage Hitler and Mussolini in economic openness to allow nations to buy and sell on equal terms and secure essential materials. The piece links free trade to domestic prosperity and questions why such steps were not taken for national benefit.
A Senate Appropriations Sub Committee advanced most naval provisions in a 773 million dollar bill but postponed decision on banning Argentine canned corned beef for Navy use. The navy plan funds 500 new fighters and 23 new ships including two 45000 ton battleships, with only one cut from the House approved totals.
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged Senators to give support to the Florida ship canal in a message from Washington dated May 17. He pressed for legislative backing in the canal project.
The Winchester and Star Information Bureau announces a 48 page booklet Everyday Science answering hundreds of lay friendly questions about stars weather animals plants Earth and mind. Readers are urged to send ten cents for a copy along with name address and payment details.
Wattenscheid’s mayor proposes paying unmarried women 29 or older to bear children to halt population decline. The program offers 500 marks at birth and parental support until adulthood, with proof of willingness to become mothers and a healthy, racially sound father. Das Schwarze Korps praises the measure as national strength mobilization.
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